Minimizing Farm-to-Mill Cotton Cleaning Cost

Abstract

This study focuses on least-cost farm-to-mill cotton cleaning configurations employing survey, regression, and simulation techniques. The resulting least-cost cotton cleaning configurations, employing standard textile technology, included the use of one lint cleaning in the ginning stage. The use of a field cleaner in the harvesting stage was also found to be optimal with some variation based on the desired yarn quality. Results of the study indicated that the optimal cleaning configurations were distinctly different from currently used practices, such that appropriate changes could save the cotton industry between $0.30 and $0.60 per bale of cotton, depending on the desired yarn quality.

Evaluating the impacts of wide row upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production in Georgia

“…Huguley (2022) reported that a cotton producer in Texas benefits from 203‐cm row spacings as compared to 102‐cm rows, with respect to drought tolerance. Bennett (2021) noted that cotton grown on 193‐cm row spacings yields similar to 97‐cm rows in Arkansas. However, the wide row spacings have not been evaluated in Georgia, and there is very little information in the literature available on row spacings wider than 102 cm.…”